Not To Be Trusted With Knives

How Did I Do On My 2019 Goals?

January 1, 2020 by Beth

Since 2019 is officially over, it’s time to tally up how I did on my 2019 goals!

Crushed It!

1. I’ve built a closet organizer in the front hall closet. Done!
2. I’ve installed a lazy Susan in each of the two corner cabinets in the kitchen.   Done!
3. I’ve built a closet organizer in the pantry closet. Done!
4. I’ve cleaned up the pile of bins in the office that are driving Scott crazy. I also did this one on Dec 17, though I didn’t blog about it. It was just a pile of bins full of random things that needed to either be taken to the recycling depot, donated, or have a place found for it in the condo. And I have to admit, it’s nice to not have that sitting in the middle of the room anymore.
5. I’ve done a single unassisted pull up. Pull ups (when your palms are facing forward) are harder than chin ups (with palms facing towards you). Accomplished on Nov 21! And then I’ve done a few more since then too!
6. I’ve deadlifted 90 kg (198 lbs). Smashed this goal with my award winning 100 kg lift!
7. I’ve made 19 new foods and/or beverages that I’ve never made before – and blogged about each of them. Exceeded this goal by making 26 new things!
8. I’ve read 20 books – and blogged about each of them. Got this one done, but just barely.
9. I’ve had people over for dinner 5 times. Finished this one in the nick of time, as Kalev came over for dinner last night and prior to that I’d only had people over for dinner 4 times.

 

 

 

 

 

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That’s the face of a woman who did her first ever unassisted pull up tonight! And then a few minutes later, did another one! **** I’ve done chin ups before, but pull ups were my next big goal. Tonight my program had me slated to do 6 assisted pull ups and before my first set I thought “maybe I’ll try an unassisted one just to see what happens.” And I totally did it! ***** Thanks @deefitdot for writing the programs that got me to this goal! Maybe my next goal can be muscle ups? I mean, after the powerlifting competition, of course! And thanks to @strongsidenewwest for being the best gym ever! #StrongWoman #pullups #strongsidenewwest

A post shared by Beth Snow (@drbethsnow) on Nov 21, 2019 at 9:42pm PST

Not Quite

1. KonMari’ed all the kitchen stuff. I have a *lot* of kitchen stuff. I got through all the dishes/pots/pans/cutlery/etc. when I got the pantry closet organizer and lazy Susans installed, but haven’t been through all the foods. I think I have some canned goods and other foods in the cupboards that are way beyond their best before date, so I really should Konmari those.
2. compiled a list of all my accounts and other relevant information for my executrix. I started this list while I was at my sister’s place over the holidays and there were a few things I needed to look up at home. And then totally forgot to look them up when I got home. So close, but yet so far!
3. 10 unassisted chin ups in a row. I didn’t get 10 in a row, but on Oct 2, I did 5 sets of 2 each, so I got 10 in one workout. I
4. squatted 90 kg (198 lbs). While I didn’t backsquat 90 kg, I did 2 reps of 85 kg on Nov 8 and I continued to train backsquat with higher reps on my subsequent program, but I didn’t do a 1 rep max test at the end of the year to see how much I could do. I bet I’m close to being able to squat 90 kg now though.
5. written in my journal at least one time per week, on average. I only managed to do this 42 times. But I feel like I’m back in the habit of journalling again, so that makes me happy.
6. slept an average of 7 hours per night. Since I bought myself a Fitbit on Boxing Day last year, I now have sleep data to play with. I had to download all my data and do a bit of playing around with the file to get the daily average, and it turns out to be 6.93 hours per day! So, so close!
7. published 78 blog postings. I did 52 on this blog, but I also did 21 on my professional blog, for a total of 73.

Epic Fails

1. KonMari’ed all the bathroom stuff (including toiletries, make-up, and towels). I was totally planning to do this yesterday, but I ran out of time. I’m now planning to do this by the end of the week, so it will go on my 2020 goals list.
2. painted the inside of both the front hall closet and the office closet. Also something I was planning to do over my Christmas holidays, but ran out of time. It will also go on my 2020 goal list – I did a bit of reading on painting closets and I think I can do it was a weekend project.
3. sewn 5 items. I sewed nothing this year. So this is my most epic of my epic fails.

So that’s 9 out of 19 complete, with another 7 partially complete, and only 3 that I totally failed on. Not quite as good as last year’s 50% completion rate, but much better than the previous year!

Now to compile my 2020 goals!

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